Talk:Peculate (band)

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Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 22:01, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Peculate (band) → Peculate – It is not necessary to classify this article as "Peculate (band)." There is no article titled "Peculate" right now; "Peculate" merely redirects to this page. Per typical conventions, when there is no article similar to a band name, adding "(band)" to the title isn't necessary; "(band)" is usually reserved for cases in which there is a disambiguation and another article shares that same title. As this is not the case, it makes more sense to switch this page with the redundant redirect, renaming this page "Peculate" and making "Peculate (band)" redirect to "Peculate." Starvinsky (talk) 23:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support, WP:NOTDIC. © Tbhotch^™ (en-2.5). 05:19, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Peculate (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) pointed to Embezzlement until yesterday, when the nominator repointed it to this article. Peculation still points to embezzelment. -- 70.50.151.11 (talk) 08:28, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose nominator has not shown this is the primary topic of the term "peculate", which is the act of embezzling, and therefore should redirect to embezzlement. -- 70.50.151.11 (talk) 08:34, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The term "peculate" is just a synonym of "embezzle." "Peculate" doesn't need to redirect to "embezzle," unless every single article on Wikipedia that has a title that is a synonym of another word should be redirected to that first article. That would be ridiculous. The conventions and guidelines for article creation are, if words specifically apply to one subject, and particularly a proper noun, that subject can get that article. Peculate, in this case, is a proper noun, and should get the article title. If you search "Pantera," for instance, it takes you to the the band Pantera. That's because, although the term has other meanings, its conventional use is specific enough to warrant redirecting it to the band's article. "Peculate," in the verbal form, is a term that is very rarely used; it is rare enough to justify limiting its use to the proper noun. "Peculation" can stay redirected to "embezzlement," because the term has no other connotations or denotations. Starvinsky (talk) 16:36, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- No, the rule is WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. You must prove that this band is the primary topic. It has absolutely nothing to do with if this is a proper noun or not. And you have offered no evidence this is the primary topic. In fact, looking at google book search and google search, "embezzle" is the primary topic, not this band. -- 70.50.151.11 (talk) 00:47, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The policy is WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, not PRIMARYARTICLE. The primary topic for peculate is embezzlement. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:51, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per BrownHairedGirl. No evidence given to suggest that this band is a more likely search term than the simple English verb. Xoloz (talk) 19:37, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per BrownHairedGirl. In ictu oculi (talk) 19:59, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Persistent Vandalism[edit]

This page has been the object of incredibly persistent and grossly obscene vandalism. After several instances of vandalism, I requested semi-permanent protection, yet a bot lifted the protection, and it has been grossly vandalized almost 20 times since. I am again requesting semi-permanent protection. Starvinsky (talk) 04:24, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]